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That's What I Want To Hear
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Phil Ochs
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G B7 Em E7
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So you tell me that your last good dollar is gone
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A D G
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And you say that your pockets are bare.
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G B7 Em E7
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And you tell me that your clothes are tattered and torn
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A A7 D
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And nobody seems to care.
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B7 Em
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Now don't tell me your troubles,
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A D G
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No I don't have the time to spare.
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B7 Em E7
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But if you want to get together and fight
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A D G
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Good buddy that's what I want to hear.
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And you tell me that your job was taken away
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By a big ol' greasy machine.
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And you tell me that you don't collect no more pay
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And your belly is growing lean.
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Now if I had the jobs to give
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You know I'd give them all away.
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But don't waste your breath calling out my name
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If you don't have nothing to say.
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And you tell me that you don't have nothing to do
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And you keep on wasting your time.
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And you say when you want to get your family some food
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You gotta stand in a relief line.
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Now it's a sin and a bloody shame
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'bout the way they're pushing you 'round.
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But when you decide not to take no more
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You know I'll put my money down.
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'Cause I've seen your kind many times before
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And I'll see 'em many times again.
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Oh but every bad thing that's happened to you
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Has happened to better men.
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So don't explain that you've lost your way
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That you've got no place to go.
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You've got a hand and a voice and you're not alone
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Brother that's all you need to know.
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And if you're still wondering what I'm trying to say
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Let me tell you what it's all about.
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Now nobody listens to a single man
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When he's walkin' 'round down and out.
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So if you're looking for an answer
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He's standing there by your side.
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And you'll never really know how far you'll go
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'til you join together and try.
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(Repeat first six lines)
That's What I Want to Hear
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